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What problem did being a JW leave with your personality?
by frogonmytoe in
1. jw
2. friends
and i don't (necessarily) mean a religious or spiritual one.. for example, i think the traces of guilt and paranoia i often fight with come from being a born-in, but my biggest issue by far is not being able to live in the moment.. i have listened to the power of now audiobook (and eckhart tolle's voice put me to sleep) so i read it instead.

i have read other self-help books, most of them buddhist in leaning, but i still find it hard to stop thinking only in the future (thanks to the great trib, armageddon), or in the past (jesus, flood, 1914 being responsible for that).

and whilst i no longer believe the big a is looming, and barely give anything else a second thought, my behaviour has projected itself, and i still find it difficult just to 'be' in the moment, enjoying and savouring what i'm doing, and doing it to the best of my ability, i'm forever thinking what is coming up, and what i did badly last time.. my sister said the last time i visited her that she felt like she was waiting for something to happen "but not like armageddon, something else".
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Innapropriate for young children? Scare tactics?
by The Quiet One in
1. watchtower
2. bible
gods word for us through jeremiah page 128 '..his mother bought a ram and a ewe.

he looked after them, and the ewe produced two lambs a year, so the flock began to grow..."early one morning while i was still in bed," he recalls, "i heard them bleating.

when i finally did, i saw a pack of wild dogs running away from my lambs, which had their bellies ripped open.
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Another first for this "Apostate"
by dazed but not confused in
1. social
2. current
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How does the WTS mine quotes for their "scholarly inspired" articles ?
by mP in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ive seen a few threads discussing misquotations, including the quote about roman times taken from a book of fiction.

apologies but i cant recall the author or the book mentioned but im sure others will know what im talking about .. so how many books do they read to find these quotes ?

they must b e buying a lot of apostate books just to find a worthy quote.
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Was Alias written by former JWs?
by Londo111 in
1. social
2. entertainment
spoiler alert!.

i finally got through all five seasons on netflix.

this series really floundered toward the end...sometimes the plot devices made characters like sloan do some wacky things...hes evil, hes good, hes evil, hes good.
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Anyone use chia seeds?
by poppers in
1. social
2. physical
i just recently heard about chia seeds and what a good source of energy they are.

has anyone here ever used them, and if so how have you used them?.
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Fun 1st Father's Day
by dazed but not confused in
1. social
2. family
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i had a great 1st father's day.
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YOU MEAN NOTHING to them--but, by God--they better mean EVERYTHING to you!
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
matthew 7: 17-19: 17 likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

matthew 24:50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

51he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.. .
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16 years ago today I got baptized
by dazed but not confused in
1. jw
2. experiences
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i just looked at the calendar and realized its the 16 year anniversary of my baptism into the cult.. .
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ANYBODY IN THE COLORADO AREA?
by Sittingstraight1212 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey there!

just trying to find a meet up group in the denver metro area!

and to make new friends, cause ya know , now that i faded...i am shunned.